Im beginning to like change!

With everything going on to our house I find it hard to keep up with the blog! We both get home from work, eat dinner then spend the rest of our night until we're too exhausted to function working on the various projects. I'm actually kinda surprised with my blogging stamina thus far but that's what you get when you really like doing something, you find time for it. Right?
Do you remember when I promised forever ago that I would show you the progress of our living room? Well it's about time! It's here. The living room has become our refuge, It's where we sleep currently and it's where we eat haha. The other designated eating and sleeping rooms are inhabited by dust and power tools.

Yarn Wreath and Girls Night!

Ahhhh it's been FOREVER! Hello blogosphere I've neglected you far too long. I've had hardly any time to finish any of the projects I've been gushing about! We also went on vacation and just got back a few days ago. I know I promised everyone I would debut our living room progress but, before I do that I have to show you something! I'm pumped and can't wait to show you my new halloween wreath! (seriously I'm pretty excited as you can tell, just about every sentence has one of
these --->  !  <--- at the end of it.)
Before we went on vacation to Cape Cod, which was splendid by the way, I got together with some new friends. Instead of going out to eat we decided to craft it up together. It was bond worthy. They're pretty awesome! We all ended up making wreaths, they made adorable fall wreaths, and I decided to make a halloween wreath.

I wanted (with their permission of course) to show of how cute their fall wreaths turned out! I snatched up the pictures they posted on facebook.

Amber's fall wreath, I love the pumpkins!

Shelby's wreath, the chevron bow is perfect!

 

My favorite kind of crafts are the ones that include friends and existing supplies that are lying around the house! Most of the wreath was put together by things I already had.

Things I had:   
-Styrofoam ring
-Orange yarn
-Black ribbon
-White tulle 
-White/black speckled yarn- for the web  
-Hot glue gun 

What I bought (at Michaels):                                     
-Black W- $.99
-Cream lace & Checkered rope- $3.00
-2 bundles of sparkly (things)- $4.00
-4 pack of skull coasters- $.99
-Small wood coffin- $.99


*Total cost of wreath: A whopping $10.00

First of all I must show you these cool coasters I found at Michaels...

 

 I fell in love with these immediately. I ended up only using 1 out of the 4 that I have in a few different ways. I used the main middle part to embellish the little coffin I bought. The coffin was actually a really light brown so I decided to stain it with some extra stain I had lying around that I used for my washboard shelf, you can check out his story riiight here! Im sure he'll more than welcome the visit. :)
Let's show you the coffin real quick. How I used the coaster will come full circle when you see it.

I want my coffin to look like this when I'm 8ft under!

 

 

I cut the coaster to fit the coffin and used some tulle behind it to give it an ellusion of cobwebs or of something being drapped over the top of the coffin. However you look at it, I think it's pretty awesome. I'll probably use it as a decoration on our mantle, it ended up being too much and too big to add to my wreath.

 

Let's play I Spy, I'll start.

 

I spy the rest of the skull coaster...

Can you see it?

Pssst.

At the top of the spider web!





Yep. I can't WAIT to hang it on my door.



 

I completety envision Miss. Spider from James and the Giant Peach spinning her web here. It's just so charming and fiesty all at the same time. If you don't know which spider I'm talking about you need to watch the movie! You won't be disappointed.



 

 

 

 I took apart the orange sparkly things (no idea what they're called.. oops!) and strategically placed them where I wanted them to be. Some jutted out in just the right places while others weaved around encroaching on everything else. If you look close enough you'll see what I mean around the W.

I absolutely love layering a lot of different elements, the black ribbon is layered over the yarn, the lace over the black and then the orange and white checkered rope over the black moving in the opposite direction. Each element on there looks as if they're taking over each other and I love that!

 

 

The web certainly took me the longest to create,
but it was more than worth it!
 

I've made a ton of yarn wreaths and this one (besides my christmas wreaths) is by far my favorite! Anyone want a craft night? I have two doors now and I need to make another wreath!


xo Breia

p.s. We start construction next wednesday on the wall separating the front room and the kitchen. Im stoked! I'll tell you all about it and show you the plans. :)
Until then my friends!

Chandeliers, dresser, paint, dresser, bedroom, chandelierrrrrrs!

Define Obsession:

ob·ses·sion [ əb sésh'n ]

1. preoccupation: an idea or feeling that completely occupies the mind
2. uncontrollable persistence of idea: the uncontrollable persistence of an idea or emotion in the mind, sometimes associated with psychiatric disorder

As I was reading the definition of obsession, there I was nodding my head in complete aggreement until the words "Sometimes associated with psychiatric disorder" came up, O_o.. Er.. nope. Nuh uh... not me. Every thing else though.. is true. Hahah, poor Mike.

A few things have been consuming my mind, chandeliers, dresser, paint, dresser, bedroom, chandelierrrrrrs. (Have you heard the chandelier song? It's right over there <---- Her voice though!) Paint dresser, paint bedroom, find chandelier. As I kinda mentioned last week, the living room was our first obsession, *cough* project. I've gotten it to the point where it doesn't make me cringe every time Im there. I plan on sharing the progress on the living room next week. By progress, I mean, I cringe a lot less :)



The bedroom situation is a serious hot mess and my obsession with it has officially overwhelmed me and it needs to be dealt with. The closet is so awkward, it's really long, but you can hardly get to the clothes on either side because the opening is so small. You end up with a ton of wasted space. Both of the bedrooms house identical closets and we dont have a dresser. Therefore my clothes reside in the small bedroom closet accompanied by my shoes. We contemplated making the small room into my "walk-in" closet but, I rather be more productive with the space. Hot mess indeed, our socks are even just hanging out in a hamper. I know, I know, very creative.

Ziggy bomb!

We've contemplated opening up the closet and making the insides more accessible. But, when we thought about it, the original oak floor ended up being an issue. Where we take out some wall, flooring would need to be replaced. Anyone have 2 inch oak floor boards?

The sad hamper/dog bed corner

Our immediate solution was to get a dresser, so to Ikea we went.. and I liked none of them. My way of buying things is it has to speak to me. Have you ever seen the Pier 1 commercials? They're a must see, just click me! (Hey! that rhymed.)

After a few days of searching I found this dresser!

"Helllllo, arent I so pretty?"

It certainly needs lots of lovin' but, cant you hear it speaking to you? When I first saw it, it said "Buy me, buy me, before someone else does!" It's wish was granted. We got it a few weeks ago and I'm just now finding time to work on it. I'll keep you updated on its progress! Pinky swear.

Before I end this enlightening post I must share with you guys (what I think is) an awesome find! A bunch of Chandys that wont break the bank. Now that's rare huh?

Let me introduce to you the Chandy family.
They all reside at Lighting direct dot com

What a stunner! She's only $83.69

This simple beauty is $97.98

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the melting candles 

but, it's very glitz and at $87.77?

And how about this delicate Chandy? The most affordable one coming in at $61.15

I think the stunner at the top would be perfect partnered with our dresser, which will be mint green soon enough! Toggle between the two pictures, do you see it? 

Well friends its been great but that dresser wont paint itself! Sorry I'm a week behind hopefully it was worth the wait. :)

xo Breia

Chandelier